Organic Food News

This past Monday they began their 3 month program through the Center for African Heritage by cleaning out an abandoned barn and house on Falmoutha TMs River Point propertya TMs previously fertile farmland.

This is the second in a series of stories about the rising interest in organic farming; the stories center around Whitewater Gardens Farm near Elba.

Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from products carrying the federal organic label.

The Finnish Food Safety Authority said in a statement Thursday that last year's inspections at organic-certified farms had found no breaches of organic agriculture rules.

England and Wales under organic agriculture: how much food could be produced? Philip Jones with Richard Crane Centre for Agricultural Strategy, Reading, UK, June 2009 Executive summary 1. Introduction Whilst agriculture has many functions, the most important will always be the supply of sufficient food, at an affordable price, to feed the ...

A new agreement between Canada and the United States on organic food standards could end up benefiting Vermont farmers.

Let us follow a strawberry, flush from the field as it travels on wind and water - but without petroleum - from Sequim to the big, hungry city.

Thank you for the article 'Organic means costly' . Yes, organically grown foods cost more.

Experts in organic farming will offer advice at a July 23 seminar near Modesto. The event will feature information for fruit, nut and other growers on managing pests and fertilizing the soil without synthetic chemicals.

Can Organic Agriculture Feed The World? - K.W.T. Goulding and A.J. Trewavas , AgBioView, June 24, 2009 Full paper at http://www.agbioworld.org/newsletter_wm/index.php?caseid=archive&newsid=2894 In a recent publication, Badgley et al.

The organic dairy industry was thriving when Allen and Jean Moody bought a 200-acre Wisconsin dairy farm in 2006 and joined the ranks of farmers churning out milk raised without growth hormones, pesticides or other chemicals.

The Government of Canada revealed the new organic logo that will give organics producers access to more markets and make sure Canadian families can find more certified organic food products in their grocery stores.

According to the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, the demand for organic food represents a rapidly growing, dynamic segment of the market.

THE high cost of agricultural production inputs such as imported chemical fertilizers and pesticides has been a major and heavy burden to Filipino farmers.

A new three-acre organic farm on Governors Island will grow and sell produce. The earliest offerings will include squash, tomatoes and eggplants.

CHENNAI: About 248 farming families in 20 settlements in the Kolli Hills are expected to benefit from an organic produce procurement contract.

Calloway's Nursery, with KTXA 21 News, donated 45 pounds of fresh, organically-grown vegetables to the Denton Community Food Bank on June 10, 2009.

Try growing fruits and vegetables in sand and hot weather -- ita s not going to work too well.A But Ohio natives Pamela and Hank Sindlinger say they've accomplished that miracle at Gateway Organic Community Farm in Clearwater.

LONDON/HELSINKI: Consumers are still putting environment and ethical issues at the heart of their spending decisions in the recession, even if they have cut back on some higher priced "green" goods like organic foods.

The United States and Canada agreed to accept each other's standards for organic food, Reuters reports.